Prototipo para el monitoreo de flujos de recursos hídricos: Diseño y acondicionamiento del sistema de control del sensor ultrasónico para la obtención de información del flujo y de la velocidad superficial.

Abstract

The modernization in the industry is very important nowadays because the industrial automation is very advanced nowadays, where the part of industrial instrumentation dedicated to the control of water resources in the different industries is indispensable. The project will allow to know about the continuous monitoring of water resources, in which the measurement system is developed with the use of an ultrasonic sensor which allows to measure water flow and velocity. The measurement system is developed with the aim of improving the measurement system in the industry, since many industrial processes may contain hazardous fluids for operators, the developed system has advantages of location, efficiency and even allows to be applicable in any industry that requires monitoring of water resources. Under this perspective, the present work seeks to gather information on flow measurement systems and electronic instruments that can be used to obtain information on water flow and velocity. Based on an analysis of the advantages of the sensor, which works on the principle of ultrasound, a prototype of the design of the conditioning for the ultrasonic sensor is developed. The measurement of the sensor uses the transit time technique and the Doppler effect, so that, opting to have a prototype with the best characteristics in the market, validation tests are developed, which allow making the measurement system functional to be used in different industries with projection to continuous improvement.